April 2023 Thank you for being a Partner for Life and part of Christian World Service. Together, we work hand in hand with our local partners to respond to the urgent challenges so many people face. Our partners are doing some extraordinary work to advocate for families and communities facing discrimination and injustice. Your regular […]
CWS invites you to pray for peace with us through the seven weeks of Lent, an initiative of the Lutheran World Federation. The campaign was launched on Ash Wednesday with a focus on Ukraine. In the second week we prayed for Afghanistan. In week 3 we prayed for Ethiopia and South Sudan. In week 4 we prayed for West […]
Seven Weeks of Prayer for Peace CWS invites you to pray for peace with us through the seven weeks of Lent, an initiative of the Lutheran World Federation. The campaign was launched on Ash Wednesday with a focus on Ukraine. In the second week we prayed for Afghanistan. In week 3 we prayed for Ethiopia and South Sudan. In […]
Seven Weeks of Prayer for Peace CWS invites you to pray for peace with us through the seven weeks of Lent, an initiative of the Lutheran World Federation. The campaign was launched on Ash Wednesday with a focus on Ukraine. In the second week we prayed for Afghanistan. In week 3 we prayed for Ethiopia and South Sudan. In […]
Seven Weeks of Prayer for Peace CWS invites you to pray for peace with us through the seven weeks of Lent, an initiative of the Lutheran World Federation. The campaign was launched on Ash Wednesday with a focus on Ukraine. In the second week we prayed for Afghanistan. In week 3 we prayed for Ethiopia and South Sudan. […]
Seven Weeks of Prayer for Peace CWS invites you to pray for peace with us through the seven weeks of Lent, an initiative of the Lutheran World Federation. The campaign was launched on Ash Wednesday with a focus on Ukraine. In the second week we prayed for Afghanistan. Today we pray for Ethiopia and South Sudan. Loving God […]
Hunger likely to deepen in East Africa The weather does not look good for much of East Africa. In the latest forecast, ICPAC (IGAD Climate Prediction and Application Centre) says the next three months could see the failure of the sixth consecutive rain season in parts of Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda. Almost 23 million […]
More help needed in Türkiye and Syria National Director Murray Overton thanks all our supporters for your very generous response to the Türkiye Syria Appeal, launched immediately after the magnitude 7.8 quake on February 6 local time. Donations will fund the ACT Alliance (Action by Churches Together) Appeal for local partners. In Syria, churches from […]
Let Hope Flow this Christmas This week we mark 76 years since Archbishop West-Watson launched the first Christmas Appeal on behalf of the National Council of Churches “… we are mindful of the millions in the east and the west who are hungry, cold and homeless. We may feel helpless in face of such vast […]
CWS is grateful to Peter Williams for his tremendous contribution to CWS. For 10 years he systematically filed the donation slips and records that make our work possible. The process required attention to detail and accuracy. Something Peter did so well. When Peter retired as vicar at St Michael’s and All Angels, Otautahi Christchurch in […]